Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201104460 - Employee's thumb severed

Accident Summary Nr: 201104460 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 12/26/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120141478	03/02/2004	5084	423830	Holt Of California

Abstract: On December 26, 2003, Employee #1, an apprentice mechanic, was using a hoist to lower a frame assembly into a wood crate. The chain being used was not adequate in size and the frame assembly slipped off the chain's hooks and fell into the crate. As the frame fell, Employee #1's left thumb got caught between the crate and the frame. His left thumb was partially severed.

Keywords: CHAIN, SEVERED, FINGER, WORK RULES, MECHANIC, THUMB, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120141478			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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